There are opportunities that arise in both asset classes. 

It’s impossible to have all the knowledge and there are many uncontrollable and unavoidable situations that can and do arise.

Additionally, if you've identified a risk, then next step is to identify the likelihood of that situation occurring as well as mitigations for that risk so you can handle the issue should it arise.  

Are there holding costs that arise each month from this 4-plex?

In fact it can't even by quantified by a number due to inflation or any number of issues that could arise in my life or my family's lives.For that reason I will never limit myself to a specific number.

That represents a rise of close to 15 percent from 2016.

I fear working my tail off to build a mini rental empire here and then having the State change the rules on me when I'm so deeply entrenched into cap gains and deprecated properties.I don't know what the next national "downturn" will look like, but I've been feeling like it will have a bigger social impact than past downturns have due to a rise in populism, and animosity between the haves and have-nots as you put it.

Other landlord friends advised us to just ignore inflammatory messages from tenants, as they are simply trying to get a rise out of you.

I do not know but I don't want to be trying to sell when the bigger problems arise.

Please note that several things may go wrong in a real estate transaction, so it’s important to work with a team that is willing to fix issues as they arise.